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This artist’s lover Tommaso (10[1])dei Cavalieri modeled (10[1])for (-5[1])The Genius of Victory, (10[1]-5[1])a sculpture intended to stand with unfinished statues of figures partially titled “Atlas” and “Awakening.” The Galleria dell’Accademia contains a statue by this artist whose disproportionate head (10[1])and right (10[1])hand (10[5])were intended (10[1])for its (10[1])viewing (10[1])at (10[1])the (10[1])top (10[5])of the (10[2])Florence Cathedral. (10[7]-5[1])Statues of (10[1])a Dying (10[1])Slave, (10[2]-5[1])Rebellious (10[1])Slave, (10[7]-5[1])and (10[1])a (-5[1])Horned Moses (10[2])were created by (10[1])this (10[2])artist (10[7])for the tomb of (10[1])Pope Julius (10[3])II. (10[4]-5[1])This artist, who (10[1])only (10[2])signed his (10[1])1499 (10[1])version of the Pietà, (10[3])created (10[1])a (10[3])17-foot (10[2])tall (-5[1])statue that looks into the distance and holds a sling (10[1])over (10[1])his shoulder. (10[3]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (-5[1])points, (10[1])name this (10[1])Renaissance artist (10[1])of a marble (10[1])David. ■END■ (10[9]0[1])

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